DailySource: Quality News from Around the Internet

This edition was published on 12/09/11 at 7:47 a.m. [ Go to the front page ]

Home

About us

Our Team

Volunteer

Ways to help

Opinion

A man plays a guitar as he waits for a coin in front of Christmas lights in Pamplona, northern Spain. European leaders are set to meet at a summit in the French region of Marseille to try to save the euro zone, with a major economic crisis suffered by Europe. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos / AP)

Email_icon

Online video sites go pro and get original

The online videos Americans watch are about to change. Services are now starting to feature their own professionally made videos.

Email_icon

NPR

Symbol_story

Game changers: the women who are influencing video games

Email_icon

Guardian

Study: Breast cancer screening may cause more harm than good

When taking into account the frequency of false positives and unnecessary surgery, the risk of breast cancer screening offsets the benefits, British researchers reported.

Email_icon

ABC News

Euro sinks amid EU summit doubts

Asian shares, commodities and the Euro fell on doubts that European leaders could forge a credible plan to solve the euro zone’s debt crisis at the E.U. summit.

Email_icon

Reuters

EU nations: What do they want?

Email_icon

BBC

Symbol_audio

Can Germany’s Angela Merkel save Europe from economic turmoil?

Email_icon

NPR

Slain Virginia Tech officer identified as Army veteran, father

A gunman killed a Virginia Tech police officer, who was a Army veteran and married father of five, at a campus parking lot and then shot himself to death in an attack that shook the university.

Email_icon

San Francisco Chronicle

Live updates: Virginia Tech shootings

Email_icon

MSNBC

Occupy Boston protesters to clear out

Occupy Boston protesters remained firmly entrenched in a downtown city square after a midnight deadline passed for them to clear out or face eviction.

Email_icon

CNN

NATION

Whatever happened to the downtown people mover?

The monorail will end up an asterisk in the annals of urban transport, but there was a brief moment in history when it was the next great thing.

Email_icon

The Atlantic

How US guns flow freely to Mexico

If anyone at Academy sports shop in Houston was suspicious as John Hernandez pushed $2,600 in cash across the counter, they kept it to themselves.

Email_icon

Guardian

When ‘Critical Access Hospitals’ aren’t so critical anymore

Hood Memorial Hospital, in Amite, La., hasn’t been full in two decades. Some say it’s a perfect target to reduce federal spending.

Email_icon

(NPR)

Shots

POLITICS

GOP blocks Obama Consumer Agency pick from taking charge

The new watchdog agency designed to shield consumers from the excesses behind the 2008 financial crisis lost a shot at operating at full strength as the GOP paralyzed the White House’s nominee.

Email_icon

TIME

Is Eric Holder‘s grip on the ’Fast and Furious’ fiasco slipping?

As calls grow for Eric Holder’s resignation, the embattled attorney general faces what one Republican promised would be “fast and furious” pointed inquiries from the House Judiciary Committee.

Email_icon

Christian Science Monitor

Live: Eric Holder appears at House hearing on ‘Fast and Furious’ scandal

Email_icon

CBS News

BUSINESS

The unemployment rate drops, but economists aren’t smiling

The U.S. unemployment rate lurched downward in November to 8.6 percent, but economists disagree on the job question because they entertain different scenarios for the factors that affect it.

Email_icon

BusinessWeek

Texas Instruments cuts revenue outlook, shares slump

Texas Instruments cut its outlook for the current quarter and warned demand was broadly lower as customers reduce their inventories, sending the No. 3 chipmaker’s shares down sharply.

Email_icon

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Climate talks ‘lacking urgency’ in Durban meeting halls

Lack of urgency and eurozone distractions threaten to block progress as the U.N. climate summit enters its final days. Most want a strong deal, but the exceptions are the world’s most powerful countries.

Email_icon

BBC

Which nations are really responsible for climate change

Email_icon

Guardian

DNA from invasive Asian Carp found north of Twin Cities dam

DNA from invasive Asian Carp has been found in Minnesota, raising the spectre that the destructive fish might already be on their way up river to hugely popular recreational lakes.

Email_icon

Star Tribune

Symbol_story

Rep. Hansen: ‘Time to move into containment process against carp’

Email_icon

State Column

EDUCATION

Completion conundrum for community colleges around the nation

Community colleges will have to do much of the heavy lifting to achieve the ambitious college degree attainment goals that President Barack Obama and powerful foundations are pushing.

Email_icon

Inside Higher Ed

Childhood obesity best battled in schools

Two recommended tactics — improving physical activity and spending more to provide healthier lunches in schools — are uncommon in the U.S., researchers find.

Email_icon

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Why do we spend money on happiness we can’t afford?

James A. Roberts’s “Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don‘t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy” tells the story of the American Dream gone awry by profligate materialism.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

Firing of Macy’s employee pits freedom of religion against GLBT rights

One woman’s firing has gained national attention because the case pits freedom of religion in the workplace against companies’ growing acceptance for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Email_icon

San Antonio Express

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Danny Schechter):

What happens in Europe doesn’t stay in Europe

Email_icon

Al Jazeera

Cartoon (Nick Anderson):

Mythblusters

Email_icon

Houston Chronicle

Blog (Timothy Noah):

The end of the affair

Email_icon

(The New Republic)

Timothy Noah

Column (David Sirota):

What real education reform looks like

Email_icon

Creators Syndicate

Cartoon (Rick McKee):

Merry Christmas from the Bowl Championship Series

Email_icon

USA TODAY

Congress, citizens need to face reality

Email_icon

Des Moines Register

Blog (Scott Barry Kaufman):

Confidence matters just as much as ability

Email_icon

(Psychology Today)

Beautiful Minds

Column (Frank Miniter):

The White House waged war on ‘Fast & Furious’ whistleblowers

Email_icon

Forbes

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Conrad Hain, Lukas Dregne, Nisha Dubey, Pallavi Sukhia and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Computer woes a boon to Colorado Gives Day online charity drive

Contributors flooded the Colorado Gives Day online charity blitz with nearly $12 million by the time donations closed at noon, up from $8.4 million collected last year.

Email_icon

Denver Post

A daring new mission for war vets — transform local neighborhoods

Word has spread nationally of vets in Maryland with a new “operation,” a one-year commitment to neighborhoods — clean alleys, rehab homes, help residents find jobs and notify police of illegality.

Email_icon

Diego Rivera, communist and Mexican icon, honored with Google Doodle

Google pays tribute today to Mexican mural painter Diego Rivera, one of the great artists of the early 20th century. So who was Rivera? What made his art special?

Email_icon

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

US official: Iran does have our drone

A U.S. official has said that there is ‘high confidence’ that a captured American aircraft shown on Iranian television is, in fact, one of this country’s most sophisticated spy planes.

Email_icon

CBS News

More than 70 deaths reported as hospital in India burns

A fast-moving fire ripped through a private hospital in Kolkata, killing scores of people. Dozens of others were injured from smoke inhalation and patients smashed windows in a desperate struggle to escape.

Email_icon

Israel ex-President Katsav begins jail term for rape

The disgraced former Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, arrived at Maasiyahu prison near Tel Aviv to begin a seven-year sentence. He insisted he was innocent, accusing the state of “executing” him.

Email_icon

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Researchers watch Type 1 diabetes as it unfolds, in real time

A new real-time view of immune cells attacking the pancreas sheds light on how type 1 diabetes unfolds, as white blood cells seek out and destroy insulin-producing beta cells.

Email_icon

Popular Science

NASA Rover spots unambiguous evidence for water on ancient Mars

NASA researchers have found a bright vein of gypsum, a mineral that could only have been deposited by water on Mars’ surface, suggesting that warm water flowed there.

Email_icon

Wired

HEALTH

Study: the truth behind sugar in breakfast cereals

A new study points to the high sugar content in breakfast cereals, but the industry pushes back to make profits.

Email_icon

HealthNews

Starch consumption raises risk of returning breast cancer

Breast cancer survivors whose starch intake is above average have a greater risk of cancer recurrence compared to other breast cancer survivors, researchers from U.C. San Diego concluded.

Email_icon

Medical News Today

Night shift work may raise type 2 diabetes risk in women

Working rotating night shifts may do more than leave you tired; it may also increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research finds.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Photography revolutionized for truth

When a set of online teasers for a new camera called the Lytro appeared earlier this year, you could have been forgiven for seeing the invention as just another gimmick.

Email_icon

The Atlantic

Film questions Texas death penalty arson case, investigation

In “Incendiary,” a new award-winning documentary, filmmakers pose a tough question with huge consequences: Was a man wrongfully executed because of outdated arson investigation methods?

Email_icon

CNN

Actor Harry Morgan made small roles big in TV, movies

Harry Morgan didn’t need to be a star. In “M*A*S*H,” ’’Dragnet" and so many other television shows and movies, the veteran character actor proved as indispensable as any marquee name.

Email_icon

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Symbol_story

Harry Morgan, star of ‘Dragnet’ and ‘M*A*S*H’, dies at age 96

Email_icon

Guardian

SPORTS

Injured Roethlisberger leads Steelers to 14-3 win over the Browns

Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger played through a high ankle sprain in the second half to help the Steelers win for the eighth time in their last nine games.

Email_icon

USA TODAY

Rockets massive overhaul falls apart

The Rockets’s massive overhaul to get center Pau Gasol from the Lakers fell apart when hours later, after the three teams involved considered the deal “done,” the NBA stepped in and killed it.

Email_icon

Houston Chronicle

Albert Pujols signs with Angels

Albert Pujols has agreed to a contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The deal is for 10 years and $250 million, and could go as high as $260 million.

Email_icon

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

As poppy fields flourish in Mexico, heroin use surges in US

What was once a problem largely confined to hubs in California and Texas, Mexican traffickers have expanded into the Midwest and the Atlantic Seaboard, narcotics experts say.

Email_icon

McClatchy Newspapers

Photo of the Day

A couple cross over a stream using an aerial cableway in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

Email_icon

DailySource Most Popular

Most viewed

Most shared

Most recent

Connect with Us

Nonprofitdonate

Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us.

Amazon.com Widgets

Take a Quick Tour

Tour

The Daily Quote

Email Newsletters

DailySource Archives

Scroll through recent items from your favorite sections:

Columns and Op-ed

The Daily Quote

Photo of the Day

Email this edition

Makehomepage

Ways to Help

Spread the word

Other ways

Copyright © 2006-2018 DailySource. All rights reserved. Terms of Service

Website monitoring for DailySource provided for free by Nimsoft